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NSW Threatened Species Scientific Committee final determinations for May 2025

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One species has been listed as a threatened species and one species has been found to be ineligible for listing as threatened.

The NSW Threatened Species Scientific Committee assesses which species are eligible for listing as threatened species.

Darwinia glaucophylla has been listed as a threatened species. Lepidium pseudopapillosum has been found to be ineligible for listing as threatened.

NSW Threatened Species Scientific Committee final determination for Darwinia glaucophylla

Darwinia glaucophylla has been listed as an endangered species.

Darwinia glaucophylla is endemic to the NSW Central Coast region. It occurs entirely within the Gosford local government area, having a small geographical range between the area of Narara and the Hawkesbury River, and extending west to Calga.

More information on the species can be found in the Committees' reasons for final determination: Darwinia glaucophylla.

Fleshy grey-green spreading, prostrate shrub with ascending branchlets to 15 cm high

Darwinia glaucophylla

NSW Threatened Species Scientific Committee final determination for Lepidium pseudopapillosum

Lepidium pseudopapillosum has been removed from the schedules of the Act (endangered species listing).

Lepidium pseudopapillosum is not known to be native to New South Wales.

More information on the species can be found in the Committees' reasons for final determination: Lepidium pseudopapillosum.

Small, erect, deep-rooted perennial herb, typically growing up to 15 cm tall charaterised by its papillose (warty) surface, basal leaves that are pinnately lobed with linear lobes, and stem leaves that are linear, entire, and slightly papillose.

Lepidium pseudopapillosum CC-BY-NC-SA 4.0

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